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Ethnology: |
| | A) | provides an account of a particular community, society, or culture |
| | B) | reconstructs, describes, and interprets past human behaviors |
| | C) | examines, interprets, analyzes, and compares the results of other anthropological studies |
| | D) | is a systematic field of study or body of knowledge that aims through experiment, observation, and deduction, to produce reliable explanations of phenomena |
| | E) | refers to the application of anthropological data, perspectives, theory, and methods to identify, assess, and solve contemporary social problems |
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When the text says that anthropology is holistic, it means that: |
| | A) | anthropology studies all living examples of human culture |
| | B) | anthropology studies all cultures |
| | C) | anthropology studies all means of human production |
| | D) | anthropology studies all human languages |
| | E) | all of the above |
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A biological anthropologist might be interested in: |
| | A) | studying an orangutan |
| | B) | studying human DNA |
| | C) | determining the age and sex of a murder victim |
| | D) | determining why some humans have darker skin than others |
| | E) | all of the above |
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Traditionally, anthropologists would be least interested in: |
| | A) | cultural change over time |
| | B) | Third World subsistence strategies |
| | C) | art consumption by the elite in modern societies |
| | D) | diversity among cultures |
| | E) | the link between nature and nurture |
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Linguistic anthropologists study: |
| | A) | language in a social context |
| | B) | comparisons between language |
| | C) | universal features of language |
| | D) | ancient languages |
| | E) | all of the above |
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Which of the following is not one of the characteristic field techniques of ethnography? |
| | A) | participant observation |
| | B) | interview schedule |
| | C) | genealogical method |
| | D) | problem-instigating research |
| | E) | All of the above techniques are characteristic of ethnography. |
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The genealogical method is important to ethnographic research because: |
| | A) | the collection of blood samples allows researchers to extract genetic material from individuals in a culture and sequence their genes. |
| | B) | collects data that is essential to understanding the current social relations and reconstruct history. |
| | C) | it sheds light on the imponderabilia of daily life. |
| | D) | it collects information of the requisite technologies for constructing a settlement. |
| | E) | All of the above reasons explain why the genealogical method is important to ethnographic research. |
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The etic perspective is: |
| | A) | that of ethnographer. |
| | B) | that of the local members of the community being studied. |
| | C) | the one held by refugees regarding the authorities that forced them to leave their home country. |
| | D) | how locals perceive the world in which they live. |
| | E) | All of the above accurately describe the etic perspective. |
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Which of the following techniques is described as "anthropological research directed at investigating a specific question"? |
| | A) | problem-oriented ethnography |
| | B) | life histories |
| | C) | genealogical method |
| | D) | longitudinal research |
| | E) | None of the above fit that description. |
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Which of the following is not an example of participant-observation? |
| | A) | dancing in a festival |
| | B) | singing during a ritual |
| | C) | take part in a hunt |
| | D) | compete in the games popular in the community |
| | E) | All of the above are examples of participant-observation. |
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Unlike ethnography, survey research: |
| | A) | studies whole functioning communities. |
| | B) | has been traditionally conducted in nonindustrial, small scale societies. |
| | C) | is conducted with little or no personal contact between study subjects and researchers. |
| | D) | makes little use of statistics. |
| | E) | All of the above statement about survey research are true. |
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Which of the following not a characteristic field technique of the ethnography? |
| | A) | firsthand fieldwork |
| | B) | life histories |
| | C) | key consultants |
| | D) | participant observation |
| | E) | random sampling |
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Unlike questionnaires, in depth interviews: |
| | A) | rely on very short responses |
| | B) | are better suited to urban, complex societies where most people are literate. |
| | C) | are usually administered to a random sample of a larger population |
| | D) | allow informants to talk about what they see as important, rather than have to modify their responses to fit into predetermined categories. |
| | E) | All of the above statements accurately describe in depth interviews. |
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Which of the following is unique to anthropology? |
| | A) | holistic ethnography |
| | B) | consultants |
| | C) | random sampling |
| | D) | interviews |
| | E) | None of the above are unique to anthropology. |
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What is the best way to conduct ethnographic research in complex societies? |
| | A) | survey research |
| | B) | ethnography |
| | C) | use a combination of survey and ethnographic techniques |
| | D) | observe from a distance |
| | E) | There is no good way to conduct ethnographic fieldwork in complex societies. |
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